Intro to Joinery: Make a Lidded Box

PLEASE NOTE: This class is designed as a follow-up to our Foundations of Woodworking: Hand Tools and Foundations of Woodworking: Machine Tools classes, prerequisites which give you basic skills in handling the tools that will be used in this class. Students with equivalent shop experience are also encouraged to apply.

In this class you will be making a beautiful box ideal for a graduation or birthday present. Using a mix of both power and hand woodworking tools, the student will learn to lay out box joinery, get a taste of using the router, hand planes, and learn how to make a lid fit snug to the box. A primary sealing finish coat will highlight the beauty of the wood and work. Join us for a skill building class with a beautiful finished project.

Dates: Sat., March 1, 9 AM - 5 PM
Instructor: Max Smith
Class size (max.): 6
Attendance (min.): 3*
Skill level: intermediate
Prerequisites: FoW: Hand Tools and FoW: Machine Tools, or equiv. experience

Registration
Household Member & Above: $200**
Individual Member: $210**
General Public: $231
Register By: Feb. 23

Materials: $35 (price at checkout will include tuition and material cost)

*Classes that do not meet the minimum attendance number may be cancelled or rescheduled. If so, you will receive a full refund, or class credit, regardless of the cancellation date.

**We encourage students to become members (for as little as $30/year) to receive 10-15% off class tuition. You must be a current member on the date of registering to receive your discount. Please login to activate your member discount. To become a new member, please sign up here, or call 845-338-0071.

Instructors: Max Smith is a multidisciplinary craftsman with ten years of experience in woodworking in various forms, stringed instrument repair and making, piano tuning and repair, boatbuilding, cabinetmaking, and as Maintenance Coordinator for the Beacon Sloop Club. He is a full time instructor at HRMM and has participated as a skills demonstrator at the Eric Sloane Museum in Kent, CT. Max frequently sails his 15' Goat Island Skiff, inviting friends and teaching them the basics of sailing.